The church was built in 1884 by Protestant architect Gaspard André (1840–1896) and was inaugurated on 1 May 1884.

[2] It is owned by the Lyon congregation of the United Protestant Church of France.

It stopped its purchases in 1926 before closing in 1930, because of a major competition from the municipal library system of neighborhoods of the Lyon city.

This is a popular library of the nineteenth century, preserved in its original state.

[4] It contains about 4,500 books of history, philosophy, theology, travels and as many novels for children and adults, collections of popular songs and magazines.